The Doubleday Christian Quotation Collection - Hardcover

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"Some ministers would make good martyrs. They are so dry, they would burn well."

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

Bringing together over five thousand sayings, The Doubleday Christian Quotation Collection is an absorbing anthology of wit and wisdom which draws on many of the most influential and inspiring figures of the past two millennia. The body of the book is arranged chronologically, enabling the reader to gain easy access to each figure's most memorable sayings, and to compare their views across the ages. Readers who want to pursue a particular theme can do so by referring to the index of over five hundred subjects, while those who want to look up specific quotations can also turn to the comprehensive index of key words. These indexes, along with the alphabetical listing of authors and sources, make &l